Columbus weekend picks: Scary movies and big concerts
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The nights are getting cool, the leaves are falling — there's no better time for a weekend full of scary movies.
🍿 Our pick: Nightmares Film Festival.
The intrigue: The Gateway Film Center's annual horror film festival has been running for 11 years, and has grown into a well-respected genre fest featuring international productions and regional premieres.
- This year's lineup includes 16 features and 150 short films.
For the first time, the festival is expanding beyond the theater's walls.
- NFF Outbreak is a "virtual festival" that starts immediately following the in-person event.
- This digital showcase will stream films anywhere via an encrypted service that protects the films.
If you go: Film screenings run through Sunday.
- Full passes are $159 for the festival, $109 for NFF Outbreak or $219 for both.
- Individual tickets are available for each screening.
What else is happening:
📚 The Columbus Library's Fall Big Book Sale has titles starting at $1 all weekend.
🩰 BalletMet's production of "Marilyn" begins Friday and runs through next weekend.
🎤 The Jonas Brothers play Nationwide Arena Friday night.
👟 The Columbus Marathon holds its 5K and kids' run Saturday morning and its main event Sunday morning.
- Don't get stuck in closed roads downtown and along the course.
💀 Latino Arts for Humanity hosts the Day of the Dead Columbus Festival at Green Lawn Cemetery Saturday.
🎸 Twenty One Pilots play a massive Ohio Stadium show with Death Cab for Cutie Saturday night.
- Resale tickets to the sold-out show are expensive.